"It wasn't because they had extraordinary powers, really, but because of how well they used the ordinary powers everyone had: the power of courage, the power of kindness, the powers of curiosity and knowledge."

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Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.641, Random House Books for Young Readers

Jeanne DuPrau

#Kindness Quotes #Curiosity Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“I was born to be a remarkable woman; it matters little in what way or how. ... I shall be famous or I will die.”

Source : Marie Bashkirtseff, Phyllis Howard Kernberger, Katherine Kernberger (1997). “I am the most interesting book of all: the diary of Marie Bashkirtseff”, Chronicle Books Llc
“The beauty of ideas is that they are like waves in the ocean and they connect with things that came before them, and I think it is very important to embrace things that interest you and influence you, and incorporate them into what you do, as all artists have always done. The ones that say they donâ€™t, are lying. Or are afraid that their work wonâ€™t be seen as being original, somehow.”
“In works of labour or of skillI would be busy too:For Satan finds some mischief stillFor idle hands to do.”
“The soy-bean, in particular, has proved sufficiently resistant to cold in spring and to adverse weather during summer to warrant heavy planting, especially throughout the South.”
“The advertising man is a liaison between the products of business and the mind of the nation. He must know both before he can serve either.”
“Your faith will perform miracles, especially when you get your hands and feet involved.”
“No one's busy thinking bad things about you. They're all too busy thinking bad things about themselves.”

Source : Twitter post from May 15, 2013
“Iâ€™m not interested in meeting management todayâ€¦ Iâ€™m more interested in finding out how a person has behaved in the past.”

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